Highlights•Attachment measures need to be improved; dimensional measures may be
superior.•Attachment is influenced by the environment but the determinants remain …

The many adverse effects of child maltreatment make the scientific investigation of this
phenomenon a matter of vital importance. Although the relationship between maltreatment …

Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central preoccupation for clinical
psychologists. Positive Psychology, in contrast, is concerned with the enhancement of …

Synthesizing diverse strands of theory and research, this compelling book explores the
psychology of religion and spirituality through an innovative attachment lens. Pehr Granqvist …

Highlights•Adult attachment is transmitted to the next generation.•Sensitive parenting is an
important link between parent attachment representation and child attachment …

Attachment matters: its role, development, maintenance, and disruption are major themes in
the social and biological sciences. Rooted in the work of Darwin and Freud, attachment …

According to attachment theory, being securely attached to one's primary caregiver early in
life should be related to personality adulthood. However, no studies to date have …

Parents' attachment representations and child–parent attachment have been shown to be
associated, but these associations vary across populations (Verhage et al., 2016). The …

This chapter examines parenting from the perspectives of the adult Attachment Interview and
attachment parenting, some of the many advances in the process-oriented study of …

Attachment in the context of intimate pair bonds is most frequently studied in terms of the
universal strategy to draw near, or away, from significant others at moments of personal …